Pedro Caixinha
Pedro Miguel Faria Caixinha (born 15 November 1970 in Beja) is a Portuguese football manager, currently in charge of Qatari club Al-Gharafa Sports Club.
Football career
After an unassuming career as a player, Caixinha started managing in his late 20's, his first appointment being with his last club, hometown's C.D. Beja, where he was in charge of his youth sides for four years. In 2003 he moved to the seniors with amateurs Clube de Futebol Vasco da Gama, in neighbouring Vidigueira.
After that sole season, Caixinha started a professional relationship with José Peseiro that would last until the end of the decade, with the former acting as assistant to the latter in several clubs – mainly Sporting Clube de Portugal – and the Saudi Arabia national team.[1] In the 2010–11 season he returned to head coaching duties and made his Primeira Liga debuts, leading U.D. Leiria to the tenth position.
Caixinha resigned after only three games into the following campaign, amidst rumours of several months due in wages to both him and the players.[2][3] He quickly signed for fellow league team C.D. Nacional,[4] helping the Madeirans rank seventh after winning ten of his 21 games in charge.
On 11 October 2012 Caixinha resigned as manager of Nacional after only picking up five points from six league games, which left the club placed second from the bottom in the league.[5] Late into the month, he accepted an offer from Mexico's Santos Laguna.[6]
In his first national tournament Caixinha qualified the team for the Clausura Liguilla in the Liga MX,[7] also reaching the final of the North America, Central America and Caribbean most important competition, the CONCACAF Champions League.[8][9] He left the club on 15 August 2015, after winning three major titles.[10][11]
Honours
- Santos Laguna
References
- ↑ Jose Mourinho told me to come to Scotland if I wanted to be a better boss, says Pedro Caixinha; Daily Record, 9 January 2011
- ↑ Uniao de Leiria swap coaches... again; PortuGOAL, 26 September 2011
- ↑ João Bartolomeu: "Se não conseguirmos pagar aos jogadores, paciência" (João Bartolomeu: "If we can't pay the players, tough luck"); Relvado, 9 December 2011 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Rui Alves: «Primeiro temos de recuperar os jogadores» (Rui Alves: «First we need to recover the players»); Record, 28 October 2011 (Portuguese)
- ↑ "Pedro Caixinha sai e Machado deve voltar" [Pedro Caixinha leaves and Machado most likely to return] (in Portuguese). A Bola. 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ↑ Pedro Caixinha vai treinar o campeão Santos Laguna (Pedro Caixinha is going to coach champion Santos Laguna); A Bola, 28 October 2011 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Pedro Caixinha apurado para a fase final da Liga no Mexico (Pedro Caixinha qualified for playoffs in Mexican League); Record, 6 May 2013 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Pedro Caixinha na final da Champions da CONCACAF (Pedro Caixinha in the CONCACAF Champions final); Record, 10 April 2013 (Portuguese)
- ↑ Monterrey 4–2 Santos Laguna: Rayados jugará su tercer Mundial de Clubes (Monterrey 4–2 Santos Laguna: Rayados will play its third Club World Cup); Goal.com, 2 May 2013 (Spanish)
- ↑ Renuncia Pedro Caixinha (Pedro Caixinha resigns); Jefes, 15 August 2015 (Spanish)
- ↑ Caixinha deja un Santos Laguna distinto (Caixinha leaves different Santos Laguna); El Siglo de Torreón, 17 August 2015 (Spanish)
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